TrueCombat is a modification to first-person shooter

First-person shooter

First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...

 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a free and open source multiplayer first-person shooter video game set during World War II...

. Developed by "Team Terminator" and Studio Groove Six, the modification - like Enemy Territory itself - is released as freeware

Freeware

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. While Wolfenstein Enemy Territory takes place during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, TrueCombat modernizes all aesthetic elements of the game while preserving the fast-paced first person shooter style of gameplay which is often compared to Counterstrike

Counterstrike

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. Also in common with Enemy Territory, TrueCombat cross-platform software with clients for Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

, Mac OS X

Mac OS X

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, Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

. TrueCombat remains popular and components of the game including maps and weapons are under continuous development. Although as of fall 2009 official development for the mod had decreased without any official notice, TrueCombat developer "Coroner" posted on March 21, 2010, that a new TrueCombat mod named TC:Close Quarter Battles is being produced. The thread on the TrueCombat forum regarding TC:Close Quarter Battles has been viewed over 80000 times, indicating the interest of the FPS community in the game. On March 31, 2011, the first public alpha of TrueCombat:CQB was released to the public. Three patches have been released since then.

Game Types

• Objective (Obj)Each player is deployed once per round. As a terrorist, one aims to arm a bomb or defeat all special operatives before a specific time period expires. As a special operative, one aims to prevent the terrorists from achieving their goals by killing all the terrorists or disarming their bomb.
• Body Count (BC)Deployment comes in 10 second increments. Players that have been killed prior to a deployment are continuously redeployed. The game concludes at the expiration of a set period of time.
• Capture The Flag (CTF, R-Obj) CTF simulates the game of capture the flag
  Capture the flag
  Capture the Flag is a traditional outdoor sport generally played by children, where two teams each have a flag and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's "base," and bring it safely back to their own base...
  
  : teams try to bring a flag back to their base from across the map.. R-Obj is slightly different. In R-obj (known as Reinforced Objective) the goal is to capture as many areas (marked by flags) as possible before the time limit, or the elimination of either team.

TrueCombat:Elite

TrueCombat:Elite pits two teams against each other, the Terrorists and the Counter-Terrorists. Weapon availability depends on what side you're on and what class you have selected. There are three classes, Assault, Recon and Sniper. The Assault class get assault rifles and are basically standard infantryman. The Recon class uses light weapons such as submachine guns. The Sniper class gets long range weaponry to take out enemies from afar. The game attempts to stimulate realism as much as possible. Unlike most shooters, there is no crosshair on the screen. To aim accurately you must aim down the sights. The player can lean around corners and while walking. The game implements 'AA' or armament availability to decide what weapons will be available to you, based on your performance. Poor performance will get you only basic weapons, good performance will get you a larger variety of weapons. Gameplay is entirely online, though the player may add computer controlled bots to play offline.

TrueCombat:CQB

Gameplay in CQB is similar to TC:E. Players can still lean around corners and there is still no crosshair in the center of the screen. However, CQB has disposed of Armament Availability and will offer all weapons available to players, regardless of their skill level. CQB also adds new features including HDR lighting, a freelook system (players may look somewhere else independently of their weapon and movement direction) a weapon modification system (such as adding a suppressor or a scope) and a perk system. However, TrueCombat:CQB does not have TC:E's map variety due to it still being in an Alpha stage. CQB is also is entirely online, though the player may still choose to add bots to play offline.

Maps

The game has 6 official maps and many more custom maps.
Official maps are:

• Northport
• Railhouse
• Delta
• Snow
• Village
• Stadtrand